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of the true character of the prophecy of Malakh, and ignor-
antly ascribe to his master a misquotation which would natu-
rally put to question his very quality of a divinely inspired
Prophet? Then, what should we think of the author of the
Second Gospel - of St. Mark - who ascribes the passage
in Malakh-l to Isaiah? (Mark i. 2). Jesus is reported by
Matthew (xi. 1-15), and this too is followed or copied by
Luke (vii. 18-28), to have declared to the multitude that John
the Baptist was "more than a Prophet," that it was he "about
whom it was written: Behold, I am sending My Angel before
thy face, and he shall prepare thy way before thee;" and that
"none among those born by women was greater than John,
but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."
The corruption of the text of Malakh is plain and deliberately
made. The original text tells us that Yahweh Sabaoth, i.e.
antly ascribe to his master a misquotation which would natu-
rally put to question his very quality of a divinely inspired
Prophet? Then, what should we think of the author of the
Second Gospel - of St. Mark - who ascribes the passage
in Malakh-l to Isaiah? (Mark i. 2). Jesus is reported by
Matthew (xi. 1-15), and this too is followed or copied by
Luke (vii. 18-28), to have declared to the multitude that John
the Baptist was "more than a Prophet," that it was he "about
whom it was written: Behold, I am sending My Angel before
thy face, and he shall prepare thy way before thee;" and that
"none among those born by women was greater than John,
but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."
The corruption of the text of Malakh is plain and deliberately
made. The original text tells us that Yahweh Sabaoth, i.e.